Women volunteered time, knowledge and money to help civilian families in Allied countries during World War II. Whether sorting donated clothing, making bandages and clothing, or making toys for children. United States citizens substantially...
Military uniforms; Uniforms; 19th century; United States. Army
Celebrate the United States! A young, dancing Uncle Sam entertained audiences about 1900 in this costume. The figure Uncle Sam would gain greater recognition as a symbol of the United States during World War I and World War II.
Savings bonds; Government securities; Investments; World War, 1939-1941; Indiana
During the early 1940s, the United States issued Defense bonds and stamps to raise money to support the war effort against Germany and Japan. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, the bonds became war bonds after the United...
Toys; Ships; Ship models; Battleships; Missouri (Battleship : BB 63); World War, 1939-1945; V-J Day, 1945
The USS Missouri was the last battleship made by the United States during World War II. The “Mighty Mo” did battle duty in the Pacific in 1945, and served as the site of Japan’s formal surrender to the Allies on September 2, 1945, officially...
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945; Campaign paraphernalia; Political collectibles; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1944
By the 1944 Presidential election, Franklin D. Roosevelt had been President of the United States for eleven years! Now running with the little known Senator Harry S. Truman, Roosevelt and Truman struggled to lead the country during World War II....
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); Wilson, Samuel, 1766-1854; Costume; World War 1914-1918; World War 1939-1941
Celebrate the United States! A young, dancing Uncle Sam entertained audiences about 1900 in this costume. The figure Uncle Sam would gain greater recognition as a symbol of the United States during World War I and World War II. Artist James...
World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany; Germany; Germany -- Politics and government -- 20th century; National socialism; Military uniforms; Germany. Luftwaffe; Germany. Luftwaffe -- Uniforms
After World War I and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was only allowed a small military force. In 1933, the National Socialist German Workers Party came to power and the infamous Third Reich was born. Two years later, the Treaty...
